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Olympic Weightlifting Training
Tests of strength are legendary and Olympic weightlifting training carries on the tradition. You can find plenty of people who believe weightlifting is too dangerous, but they usually don’t understand the careful training program that is followed. You seldom read about champion weightlifters injuring themselves to the point where they can’t compete. Now think of all the football players, baseball players, and soccer players that are missing athletic events due to injuries. That’s not to say that weightlifters never get injured. They do. But for the most part, injuries are minor and sometimes due to lack of concentration causing accidents more than anything else.
Olympic weightlifting training is precise and progressive. Injuries are not as frequent in the weightlifting arena, because good training includes good form and technique. Training for lifting is intense and requires plenty of repetitions. There is emphasis on precision, fluidity, and lift set-up. Weightlifting training includes exercises that develop the range of motion necessary for competition. This means that not just muscles, but also tendons and ligaments must be strong to handle the twists and pulls. Olympic weightlifting training requires functional training and this fact alone reduces the number of injuries.
Almost every athletic training program has Olympic weightlifting training as a component. That’s because weightlifting builds the muscle power needed to perform athletically without injury. It also builds important muscle endurance. On top of that, weightlifting provides aerobic benefits as the body works against weight pull. It is not well understood how much cardiovascular training is achieved through normal weightlifting training exercises.
There are two lifts that Olympic weightlifting training programs address specifically because of competition rules. They are the snatch and the clean and jerk. There is no set program that works for everyone interesting in developing power weightlifting moves. That’s because everyone is built differently, and in weightlifting, total body strength is developed. Unlike other exercise programs that target specific muscle groups, Olympic weightlifting training works on overall conditioning, movement, speed and power. So each weightlifting training program must be customized for the athlete. But because of the customization, a weightlifting program effectiveness is outstanding.
Lift training focuses on basic core lifts and on assistance lifts. The core lifts are the exercises that work directly on developing the competitive moves of snatch, and clean and jerk. The assistance lifts are controlled exercises that often use heavier weights, with spotters, requiring a full squat with the weight on the shoulders. They are complementary training exercises that increase power.
Before starting any Olympic weightlifting training program, always warm-up first. There are also exercises that some trainers believe should be avoided including the Good Morning exercise. There are differing opinions on this subject and you should always discuss each training move in terms of its impact on the body.
Kettlebells are the perfect addition to any Olympic weightlifting training program, because they build body strength quickly and efficiently. Many of the basic kettlebell exercises mimic the weightlifting exercises, including the snatch, and the clean and jerk. But the kettlebell exercises build foundation core muscles that improve weightlifting performance. They can also add variety to a training program. Kettlebells are great training weights for both older and younger athletes.
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